GCSE Design and Technology AQA (8552) Specification

This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.

Subject content

• 1. Core technical principles
• 2. Specialist technical principles
• 3. Designing and making principles

Assessments

Paper 1

What's assessed

• Core technical principles
• Specialist technical principles
• Designing and making principles

How it's assessed

• Written exam: 2 hours
• 100 marks
• 50% of GCSE

Questions

Section A – Core technical principles (20 marks)

A mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions assessing a breadth of technical knowledge and understanding.

Section B – Specialist technical principles (30…